Authors: Wells, L., Fyie, K., Kneebone, R., Montesanti, S., Boodt, C., Ruse, K., Davidson, R.

Date: 2024

The second in a series of reports on understanding the trajectory and patterns of perpetrators of domestic violence, “Exploring Typologies of Domestic Violence Perpetrators” highlights clear trajectories in criminal activity and domestic encounters that suggest opportunities for earlier intervention. The paper takes up a 10-year data set from Calgary Police Services from 2010 to 2019, involving men who were charged with a domestic violence-related offence in 2019 against a female partner or former partner. In delineating 4 classifications of perpetrators based on their criminal and domestic encounter history with police, this paper reveals discernible and increasing patterns of criminality, police interactions, and subsequent charges.

On November 1, 2024, the School of Public Policy with Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence held a press release for this paper.

You can access the first paper in this series here.